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I am not an SEO consultant, I do not have time for that, I provide basic to mid-level SEO and I do hire people that are reasonably priced (not bargain basement). I am actually an IT consultant, I specialize in Programming and tailoring/integrating bespoke solutions that work for a particular business rather than a one-size-fits-all nonsense some people peddle.

Full Name

Lewis Cowles

Display Name

Lewis-Cowles

Job Title

Digital Innovations Architect

Company

CODESIGN2

Type of Work

Business Owner

Location

Essex, UK

Favorite Thing About SEO

when it works you get a chance to make money

Blog Comments & Posts

I do basic to mid-level SEO as a bolt-on to my web services packages and I must say, I don't think it's the £99 (basic SEO), it's more that some clients have no realistic idea of the work involved in SEO, some are cheap and want to have ebay for under £2000 and others go too far the other way and wont buy anything less than £5000. I have clients with really basic SEO that make it work because they update their blog, they socialize with other professionals and engage with their market; Sure they could do more, but it's working for them. Just as I have this one really annoying client that phones me up, e-mails me etc telling me what he knows about web design and SEO.

On snake oil salesmen it's not all about price, I remember inviting an external SEO consultant to talk with me and he said "Look in 6-months I got this company to top 4 in google". I think the business he referenced was on page 4 of private mode in chrome but in normal chrome they were about position 4-5. He was very pleased with this, so I showed him a website I built, it wasn't hard it was on #1 of the same page and sure, it was not as pretty as the polished page he was showing (basic landing page). Now I'm the first to admit I'm no SEO guru (hence not offering above mid-level SEO £500 per month). The point being that this guy had a "reputable" business charging like twice my fee and had absolutely no clue what he was doing and others were lapping this up because when he said magic words like link-backs, content creation and my all time favourite optimization they thought they were getting grade-a when effectively they were buying "not fit for human consumption"